…But it’s probably manure from area farms.
UPDATE (NOV 6): The City of Ottawa says they’re not the stinky ones. Here’s an email response attributed to Dixon Weir, General Manager of Environmental Services:
The City received reports on Wednesday evening of a strong odour near Shea Road in Stittsville. City staff were dispatched to investigate at around 5 p.m. yesterday but the odours had dissipated by the time they arrived. The City has not received any reports of odours since yesterday and today’s investigation has revealed no issues with City infrastructure or operations to which the odour complaints can be attributed.
https://twitter.com/DanielD21903/status/662407077034246144
Stittsville smells like shit
— Max (@maxroumel99) November 5, 2015
"Something is rotten in the state of #Stittsville," today. #manure #JustWrong #overDidIt#Stittsvegas
— Intuitive Tracy Roy (@RoyTracyroy) November 5, 2015
why does stittsville smell like shit
— Austin E. (@Lateyislate) November 5, 2015
Smells like North Gower in Stittsville….
— Kate (@kaitlyn_labbe) November 5, 2015
Hey Stittsville, you smell like feces today… ugh.
— Ed Bröwn (@EdBrown19) November 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/ShawnPuggerWill/status/662463803137785857
@StittsCentral Probably came from the farms SW of the village. Wind was coming from that direction today.
— ɹǝpuɐxǝl∀ ǝʞıW 🇨🇦 (@mikealex42) November 6, 2015
https://twitter.com/Hear_Out_Loud/status/662467033620070402
Are people’s memories that short? This happens every year. The first sentence is correct – it’s manure being spread on local farms.
It’s not that big of a deal. It’s expected living in suburbs built in the middle of farmland.